Britain To Withdraw Forces From Far East
London sources say Prime Minister Harold Wilson will tell President Johnson Britain plans a phased Far East pullout by 1970 with 11,000 troops to depart Eastern Malaysia now and 10,000 more by next year, aiming to fill the gap with US supplied air power and a new base in Australia or an Indian Ocean staging post.
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London
UPI
Harold Wilson
Johnson
Britain
Far East
Wilson
White House
Suez
Vietnam
United States
Southeast Asia
Australia
Mid- Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
Malaysia
Inside Arlington school accredita tion report hampered by space
A Page 3 item notes an accreditation report for Inside Arlington schools detailing a program of studies stifled by insufficient space. The piece underscores how crowded facilities hinder curriculum development and student learning opportunities.
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Arlington
New England Governors Meet LBJ on Regional Needs
President Johnson urged closer state and federal cooperation during a New England Governors Conference in Windsor Locks Connecticut. He emphasized communication between the White House and state houses as essential to regional transportation economic health and welfare programs. Attending were cabinet members Alan Boyd Ramsey Clark and John Gardner.
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Windsor Locks
Conn
Johnson
New England
White House
Connecticut Air National Guard
Bradley International Airport
Hartford
Alan S. Boyd
Ramsey Clark
John W. Gardner
HEW
N.E
Air Force One
John V
New Hampshire
Vermont
Gov
Hoff
Kenneth Curtis
Maine
John Chaffee
Rhode Island
John Dempsey
Connecticut
John Volpe
Massachusetts
College Founder Dies At 79 In New York
Mrs. George S. Franklin 79, founder of Bennington College and longtime board chair, died at her Fifth Avenue home. A native of Bennington, she helped charter the college in 1925, chaired the board from 1941 until retirement, and remained active in fundraising. Her family land aided the campus, including the 1930 donation of 140 acres and the mansion now housing the music department.
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New York
George S. Franklin
Elizabeth Jennings
Fairview
North Bennington
Bennington College
College Board of Trustees
Fifth Ave
Cold Spring Harbor
L.I
Bennington
Frederic B. Jennings
Cotton & Franklin
Cahill, Gordon, Sennett, Reindel and Ohl
Franklin
St. Regis
Robert Devore Leigh
Lewis Webster Jones
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Frederick Burkhardt
American Council of Learned Societies
New York City
Jennings
Mrs. Franklin
College
De Gaulle Seeks Unity In Decree Powers Bid
Paris reports that President De Gaulle urged national unity as he pushed a six month decree powers bill to govern without parliament. He spoke at Elysee amid a 24 hour general strike and a printers strike blocking papers. He warned opposition factions and cited the need to continue economic evolution.
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Paris
UPD
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
France
Elysee Palace
Georges Pompidou
Industry Ministry
Army Major In Vietnam Protests Taxes
A U S Army major in Vietnam named Robert C Jarvis writes from Binh Son that he owns 56 acres on Mt Anthony Bennington Vermont and plans no action until retirement. He recalls tax bills from 40 to 50 dollars through 1965 and 130 dollars in 1966 due to no improvements. He asks Bennington sisters to reconsider and says retirement in 1969 will limit any significant property improvements.
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Bennington
Vietnam
Robert C. Jarvis
Binh Son
Mt. Anthony
Jarvis
Anaheim
Calif
Free World Nations Agree on Trade Pact
Geneva reports that the Kennedy round tariff cuts will slash duties on about 70 percent of traded items, totaling billions. The pact, involving the United States and major partners, aims to boost trade, raise living standards, and may not require all poorer nations to lower protectionist barriers. It includes 4.5 million tons of food annually and broad industrial tariff reductions averaging 33 to 35 percent over five years.
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Geneva
API
Kennedy
Free World
United States
U.S
Johnson
Europe
William M. Roth
U S Jet May Be Down Inside Red China
Saigon reports a two man U S Air Force Thunderchief possibly down inside Communist China after a raid on North Vietnam. In Mekong Delta fighting 9th Infantry Division killed 69 Viet Cong with one American dead and 25 wounded. Leathernecks on the border at Con Thien faced heavy mortar and assault prior to parachute resupply. Hue mortars hit the compound. 78 Communists were killed as Vietnamese troops counterattacked. U S fighters also destroyed mobile anti aircraft missile sites over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
Red China
Kep
Hanoi
Delta
U.S. Army
9Th Infantry Division
Vietnam
Con Thien
Leathernecks
Imperial
Hue
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Rocky Refuses State Vote Buying Probe
Governor Nelson Rockefeller declines to act on the Albany vote buying issue. In a letter to Rev. Nicholas Cardell, Rockefeller’s counsel says there is no basis for executive action without specific evidence after a county grand jury found no irregularities to indict. Cardell had pressed for state intervention with broad church and reform group backing.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson Rockefeller
Nicholas Cardell
First Unitarian Church
Robert R. Douglass
Cardell
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Manchester
Dorset Gal
Miramishi
George Franklin
European Common Market
West Germany
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Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Japan
Canada
Austria
Switzerland
Red
China
Franklin Orvis
Thomas J. Farley
Miller
Rocky
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